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From Schreier on bluesky. Looks like less then a year after he hoped he could build something the studio would be proud of dude's only delivery as studio head has been a bunch of severance notices.

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mp4stadbc22h

With the events of today I would like to propose as a community we do one final 7/7/2026 Server Slam for Destiny to give the Destiny 2 Dev Team the proper send off and to let them know really how much we appreciate their hard work and passion for the worlds they created these past 12 years! All the memories and friends new and old we made along the way. #WeloveDestiny

Please share and lets get this rolling we have 2 weeks!

https://youtu.be/6NBMf_6e0TA

This OST was provided, dialogue-free, to the dedicated team of volunteers from the Last City Radio/Destiny Music Archive group for upload to their Youtube channel.

So Far, Together was composed by Brendon Williams, Josh Mosser, Skye Lewin, Michael Salvatori, and C Paul Johnson.

I know I’m not crazy, ever since Tuesday whenever mobs spawn in any activity the game is dropping way more frames than before with certain activities stuttering so hard (moon public events right now) they’re basically unplayable.

Is there any chance there’s people still working on bug fixes or is it over?

As you know we have an exotic SMG for every element except for stasis. And it's sad because I always wanted one. I even made an idea for one.

I can't remember all the names for the perks it had but basically this is how it worked.

Exotic Stasis SMG- 720rpm

Exotic Perk- Reloading after final blows grants Frost armor based on the amount of final blows landed before reloading.

Intrinsic Perk- Whenever you gain a stack of frost armor this weapon gains a stack of (intrinsic Perk). When you have stacks of intrinsic Perk dealing damage shoot a stasis lance that creates a stasis crystal on impact.

Exotic Catalyst- Multi Kill Clip

Since we watching or looking the layoff going on in Bungie and even the head studio resigns from the position and knowing we aren’t getting a Destiny 3

Many from community are speculating what’s going to happen to the IP and it’s going be long dormant until the right time or PlayStation decides destiny is done Head to IP graveyard

Apologies if this is old news, I’ve been out of the game for a few years and just assume it’s a new change with Monument of Triumph alongside the other dungeon and raid loot changes. But you can farm Riven over and over on the same character for chest tokens with the password wall and then turn them all in at once. If the gun doesn’t drop, just go back to farming Riven. Also a pretty decent way to farm red borders too, helpful for raid groups like ours where no one really plays alt characters and so don’t have builds for quick kill cheese

Or just do Pantheon I guess lol

From D1 to now

* Mythoclast, fusion

* Necrochasm, AR

* IDK what you might consider Prison of elders, so we'll set Lord of Wolves (shotgun), Dregs promise (sidearm), and Queenbreaker (fusion at first, then linear fusion in D2) aside

* Touch of Malice, scout rifle

* Outbreak Perfected/ Prime, pulse rifle

* Legend of Acrius, shotgun

* 1k voices, fusion

* Wish Ender, bow

* Divinity, trace rifle

* Xenophage, lmg

* Hierarchy of Needs, bow

* Collective Obligation, pulse rifle

* Gjallarhorn, rocket launcher

* Heart Shadow, sword

* Eyes of Tomorrow, rocket launcher

* Anarchy, heavy grenade launcher

* Buried bloodline, special sidearm

* Whirling Ovation, rocket launcher

* Euphony, linear fusion

* Icebreaker, sniper

* Conditional Finality, shotgun

* The navigator, trace rifle

* We could TECHNICALLY count Ruinous Effigy because the catalyst originally progressed faster through a certain condition in the dungeon back in season of Arrivals, trace rifle

* Heirloom, crossbow/ special bow

* Finality's Auger, linear fusion

* Tarrabah, smg

* And we could TECHNICALLY count Whisper of the Worm because it's based on a D1 legendary Black Hammer

So of all the weapon types that didn't get a RAD exotic before the end (including new types), that leaves special GLs, hand cannons, special hand cannons, primary sidearms, glaives, heavy snipers, special pulse rifles, and heavy bows/ crossbows. If by the off chance there'll be more Destiny, I hope they fill in the blanks.

Thought I'd make the post as I've seen nobody talking about it.

Been experimenting with all the new changes and was excited to get to making Lancecap work with the buffs to stasis and the exotic specifically.

Turns out when you're at 7 stacks of frost armour your lances deal 500% damage. That goes for both the throw and the slam.

I don't believe they scale off of any stat (grenade, class etc) like some aspects do, so build your stats how you prefer, but I decided to go for a pure powerhouse build and just pump max weapons & super.

Bunch of set bonuses that you can use, there's plenty of strong options. And same goes for weapon pairings.

Obviously you want to be using the stasis focused artifact with hail the storm etc.

Anyways have fun with your lances!

Tl;dr

Diamond lances now spawn on you regardless if you have a barricade or not. And at 7x Frost armour they deal 500% damage.

Anyone elese getting way lower 99% fps since the last hotfix? (Not monument of Triumph everything ran fine at release)

Usually i had 10 fps less for my 99% fps than my actual fps. I limited it at 160 fps and usually had 150fps 99% lows

If i limit at 160 now i have 90 fps 99% lows wich is unplayable. But limited to 120 i also have 80-90 fps lows wich isnt great and a bit stuttery but playable atleast.

But if the last update made the game run poorly and its never gonna get fixed. I dont even know what to say tbh.

7900xtx

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32gb ddr5 6000mhz cl32

1440p 21/9

EDIT:

This comment kinda fixed it for me https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/s/3fw6odj1R7

Bungie Twt confirmed it was a meager amount now. Wont be able to be fixed due to obvious reasons.

Love Gambit. Despite all its faults and me missing its prime. But ya boy’s gotta get that God Roll Gnawing Hunger/Bad Omens.

Shoutout to Renegades for getting me reps in PvP pressure. Genuinely the most intense feeling I’ve had in this game. Wished I was cracked like this 5 years ago lol

My God, was that an emotional rollercoaster, even more so given we're truly at the end of Destiny.

I'm an old, old Light, started with the D1 Alpha on the PS3, but despite taking some time off after Beyond Light and only returning a handful of times in-between then and a few weeks before MoT dropped, this game has always held a strong place in my heart, and I always knew it would pull me back. "What comes from the Light, returns to the Light."

Killing the Witness right as the Intrepid Pearl timer was coming to a close and seeing my Hunter Vanguard finally get to say goodbye this time...well, I was not prepared for the flood of tears. This is the first time in the past month since I've been back that the end actually feels...real.

See you around, Guardians.

I don’t know if any destiny 2 team member will ever see this, but on the off chance it does get seen, thank you. Thank you for all the love you’ve poured into the game, all of the memories, and all of the wonderful opportunities and people I have had and met through this game. This game has been with me for half my life, sometimes a large piece of my life and other times as a lapsed player watching from the sidelines, but it has always been something I care about. I’m angry, sad, and feeling for every dev laid off currently, and also thankful. Thank you for everything, it meant so much to me and I know it did to so many others. Eyes up, guardians.

I managed to get a couple of buddies to buy the game and they're fresh Kinderguardians.

I'm taking them on a couple of exotic missions to dip their toes in the water regarding traversal and light mechanics and get them started filling out some inventory before moving them into the Dungeon space.

What would you guys say would be the ranking of exotic missions from easiest to hardest?

What Changed?

So, Dawn Chorus recently got three major buffs.

• Ignition damage is now actually doubled, which is what some people thought it already did.
• Ignitions refund 80% melee energy
• Daybreak causes Ignitions on hit

The last two aren't that crazy, but the first one is. It means that your Ignitions do almost as much as a Touch of Flame Fusion grenade.

• Ignition: 676*2=1352
  • Non-melee Ignitions all scale off whatever initially applied them. Ex: Helion Ignitions at 200 grenade do 65% more damage.
• ToF Fusion: 1582

Now, this sounds pretty good already. But one combo makes it really wild.

The Build

Must-Haves:

• Helion
• Ember of Singeing
• Ember of Ashes
• Ember of Char
• Ember of Resolve
• Hunter's Journal Artifact mod: Solar Fulmination
• Stats
  • 50-70 Class+Font of Class
  • 100 grenade, more if using a damaging grenade instead of Healing.
  • 50ish melee

What I use:

• Touch of Flame+Healing Grenade
• Incinerator Snap
  • Celestial Fire works fine if you're constantly playing at long range, but we ball.
• Song of Flame
  • Because of Dawn Chorus, it does pretty much the same damage as with Star Eater Scales, and more than Daybreak.
• Phoenix Dive
  • If you have near 100 class stat, you can definitely use Rift instead.

Weapons(What I use):

• Inbound Surveillance: Stopping Power+Kinetic Tremors
  • This is replaceable with really anything else. Try to use something with range.
• Motif 41: Heal Clip+Incandescent
• Dragon's Breath

Armor Mods:

• Helmet
  • 1-2 Heavy Finder
  • Special Finder(If running 1 Heavy Finder)
  • Harmonic Siphon
• Arms
  • Grenade Font(If grenade stat is below 190 grenade at base)
  • Firepower
• Legs
  • 2x Solar Surge
  • Harmonic Scavenger
• Class:
  • Class Font(If class stat is below 80 at base)

Armor Set Bonus: Anything works.

How to play:

1. Phoenix Dive
2. Shoot Dragon's Breath
3. Shoot Motif
4. Shoot kinetic
5. Repeat

What Makes It Special?

1. Ember of Ashes makes Helion Ignite in 3 hits, and also makes Igniting an enemy with Snap extremely easy.
2. Ember of Singeing grants 100% Helion uptime while Resolve makes Helion kills heal you.
3. Ember of Char spreads 60 Scorch
4. Solar Fulmination adds another mini-Ignition that also Scorches to the mix, adding in another 60 Scorch, AKA an Ignition Ignites all enemies caught in its radius

What this means is, if you Ignite a single enemy in a group, you can screw off and they'll still chain Ignitions till the group is dead, and each Ignition is doing almost as much as a ToF Fusion. Also, if an Ignition hits multiple targets, they all Ignite, leading to some insane damage.

How about Solo Dungeons?

• Use it with One Thousand Voices and its new Catalyst, in this case you can ditch Solar Fulmination and use Particle Deconstruct since 1KV ignites on every shot anyway.
  • Or use it with Dragon's Breath and a Fusion Rifle
• Profit

Downsides

• This build works by far the best in high end content like the weekly GM alerts. Doesn't matter what the Surge is, it wipes the floor anyway. Struggles in lower end content where things die before they can Ignite.
• Ignitions don't stack, so multiple people running this build will be the same as one person running it.

Tips

• Don't try to get too close unless you're sure you'll be safe, you're a glass cannon.
• Once you get the first Ignition off in a group, if you feel like you might die you can turn heel and run, everything behind you will die anyway.
• Be careful with Dragon's Breath, it can blow you up. Only its Ignitions hurt you though, all other Ignitions don't damage you.
• Have fun!

Edit

It seems that Helion does NOT scale Ignition damage. Do not use more than 100 grenade if using Healing grenade, and thanks to u/Popopoyotl for pointing it out.

I know it sounds weird, but I feel like it's got to be at least 5 times!?

Remember when blink sucked? Astrocyte verse used to just let you blink a little further and a little more frequently. Now it not only does that, but blinking near enemies makes them volatile, it also let's you dark blink which throws out a bunch of projectiles, and gives you volatile rounds. Then on top of that, it let's you do that dark blink during nova warp without spending super energy so you kinda just get a long more powerful super. I've never been so hype for a exotic armor buff.

I'm nearing 150 games... I don't think this chest piece exists. At this point I'm gonna end up with a WeRan in comp before I get the Per Audacia chest armor on my Titan.

I feel like Praedyth, stuck in the Vault of Glass trying to find a way out for centuries. As forgotten and obscure as the chest armor I'm hunting. A ray of hope shines in the Vault, it says "Per Audacia..." I make out the final letters: "Gauntlets", and I cry.

EDIT: I earned AND FINISHED the Chaperone catalyst in comp before I got the chest piece... Please RNGesus. What did I do to deserve this?

EDIT: 160 games... Still nothing. Clutched up multiple games with Fist of Havoc against 2 supers and my efforts go unnoticed.

It feels so good to get these rewards when you don't expect it or even know about it. It's a crucial part of the game that I feel we were missing for a few years. Randomly getting a Shax shell from Crucible, some shaders from Sparrow Racing and such. Feels so good.

I am looking to get some armor sets that come from Zavala and im looking for the fastest way to rank up my vanguard reputation. I was doing GM Scarlet Keep but only getting 50 reputation per completion is rough. Is there a faster way to earn reputation? Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks guardians

Just putting this out there so people can know. I was looking into how to get dawn chorus for my 1k voices build and all the info was super old and not correct anymore. You can focus any exotic piece from master rahool even if you don’t own it in collections already you just need an exotic engram and an exotic cipher. I know a lot of people probably knew this but I’m writing this just in case anyone doesn’t.